 For no man by sprinkling himself with holy water, and with eating holy bread, is more merciful than before, or forgiveth wrong, or becometh at one with his enemy, or is more patient, and less covetous, and so forth; which are the sure tokens of the soul-health. Author: William Tyndale |
| No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves. Author: Francis of Assisi |
| Prayer is the great engine to overthrow and rout my spiritual enemies, the great means to procure the graces of which I stand in hourly need. Author: John Newton |
| The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if doing what is right and believing what is true should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will regard it as a small loss, since his great Friend in heaven will be even more friendly and will reveal Himself to him more graciously than ever. Author: Alistair Begg |
| The best way to destroy an enemy is to turn him into a friend. Author: F.F. Bruce |
| If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me. Author: Robert Murray McCheyne |
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| Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjack's wares. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, without church discipline, communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
| And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on. Author: Jim Bakker |
| Cherish your enemies; they may be blessings in disguise. Author: Woodrow Kroll |
| The good man has his enemies. He would not be like his Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for the friendship of the world is enmity to God. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Treasury of David, Psalm 23. |
